Before 1832 it was the rotten boroughs, the unreformed boroughs, where four or five men had the votes which were in the pockets of the wealthy landlord ornabob.
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They have appealed in vain to the wealthy nabobs who are drawing their wealth from the hills and disregard entirely the convenience of those who contribute to that wealth.
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The nabobs, in some cases, even managed to wrest control of boroughs from the nobility and the gentry.
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Finding this to be the man in whom thenabobentirely trusted, it soon became our object to consider him as a most material engine in the intended revolution.
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Clive, by now a fabulously richnabob, is reputed to have spent over 100,000 on rebuilding the house and a complete remodelling of the celebrated pleasure grounds.
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